(Photo: Homes leveled by the Carr Fire line the Lake Keswick Estates area of Redding,7) Carr Fire, Shasta and Trinity counties, July 2018Size: 229,651 acres, 358 square miles; nearly the size of San Diego

6) Zaca Fire, Santa Barbara County, July 2007
Size: 240,207 acres, 375 square miles; comparable to the size of San Diego and more than twice the size of San Jose

(Photo: Kern County firefighters with El Tejon6) Zaca Fire, Santa Barbara County, July 2007Size: 240,207 acres, 375 square miles; comparable to the size of San Diego and more than twice the size of San Jose

(Photo: Kern County firefighters with El Tejon crew #82 Pete Moore, left, and Nick Paris, right, check on hot spots Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2007, on the Zaca Fire that is still burning in the Los Padres National Forest, Calif.)

(Photo: Barren hillsides and burned trees along Cherry Lake road near Groveland, Calif., on Wednesday Sept. 25, 2013, following the massive Rim Fire which erupted on August 17, 2013 and has burned more than 257,000 acres.)

(Photo: Resident Lane Lawder carries a water bucket while fighting to save his home from the Ranch Fire burning down New Long Valley Rd near Clearlake Oaks, California, on Saturday, August 4, 2018. The Ranch Fire is part of the Mendocino Complex, which is made up of two blazes, the River Fire and the Ranch Fire.)

A second night of increased humidity and lower temperatures was expected to help slow down the Ranch Fire, which grew only by a few thousand acres from Monday to Tuesday.

The fire, the largest recorded in California history, was at 357,612 acres and 67 percent contained. Still, mandatory evacuations remained in effect Tuesday for parts of Lake, Mendocino, Colusa and Glenn counties, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire.

Fire crews established 9 miles of fire line on Monday night, bringing the total number to 533.2 miles, said Derek Tisinger, a Cal Fire spokesman.

“If we have a good day (Tuesday), it could continue to leave a positive outcome as far as trying to get this thing contained by Sept. 1,” he said, adding that favorable weather conditions were in store for the area over the next few days.

Tisinger estimated that a remaining 10 miles of fire line need to be established in the northeastern and northwestern parts of the blaze to gain control of the largest wildfire in state history.

“This is our best chance to stop this fire, to get ahead of it and remove some of the fuel,” Tisinger said.

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The flames, which continued to threaten more than 1,000 structures, were nearly 4 feet high, making it too dangerous for crews to go in for a direct attack.

“We have crews in the area, but they can only work the edges,” Tisinger said. “Nobody can get out in front of this thing, because it could kill you.”

Meanwhile, the Carr Fire in Shasta and Trinity counties stayed stagnant at 229,651 acres by Tuesday evening and was 91 percent contained.

The blaze has destroyed 1,079 homes, 22 commercial buildings and 503 outbuildings, but as of Tuesday no structures were threatened by the flames, Cal Fire said.

After weeks of evacuations, police departments have cracked down on looters, officials said.

On Aug. 15, a man and woman were arrested for allegedly burglarizing a vehicle belonging to a Redding firefighter who had gone home to rest after battling the Carr Fire, according to the Chico Police Department.

Brian Martinson, 33, and Jennifer Estes, 40, both of Palo Cedro (Shasta County), were taken into custody after allegedly stealing the firefighter’s backpack, which had $5,000 worth of personal property, including his laptop and family photos.

There was no date determined on when the Carr Fire would be fully contained.

Elsewhere in California, the Ferguson Fire in Mariposa County remained 100 percent contained at 96,901 acres. Park officials announced Tuesday that Wawona Road (Highway 41) will reopen between Wawona and Yosemite Valley on Friday.